Closure for bags.



T. MANAHAN.

ULOSURE FOR BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED In 19, 1908.

905,897. I Patented De0.8,1908.

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THOMAS MANAHAN, OF NEW YORK, .N. Y.

CLOSURE FOR BAGS.

Specification oi. Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Application filed May 19, 1908. Serial No. 433,658.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MANAI-IAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closures for Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to the general classof bags such as moth-bags, having a hanger secured to one ply thereof at the mouth of the bag and having a split-tube closing means ada ted by endwise insertion on the bag to stra dle the two sides thereof at its mouth and thereby close the bag.

More specifically the bag of my present invention is an improvement on this general type of bag and employs two split tubes instead of one, said tubes being insertible from opposite ends over the mouth of the bag and where they meet at the center, being such as to permit the hanger to pass through without interference so that said hanger is not subjected to leverage tending to pry or tear it off the bag. In addition to this advantage it is perfectly easy for the user of the doubletube bag of my present invention to insert the tubes upon a filled bag in suspended position, whereas it is difficult to do the same thing with a single tube bag due to the fact that the tube must pass the hanger, which accordingly must be gotten out of the way and which is difficult to accomplish when the bag is at all heavy.

The invention moreover contemplates a formation of the abutting ends of the tubes, such as to inclose or support the pivoted hanger in upright or bag-suspending position, when the tubes are together 011 the bag.

In the drawings which show one of the forms which my improvements may take, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a bag embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view partly in elevation on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the two tubes detached from the bag.

Describing now my invention with particular reference to the drawings, 1 is a bag, that shown being more particularly adapted for use as a moth-bag to store away clothes for protection against moths, and is ordinarily made of paper. The two plies 1 and 1 of said bag are shown in section in Fig. 2, and are separable at the top or mouth of the bag. As usual in bags of this description, a sweller 2 may beprovided consisting of a rod running the length of the mouth of the bag and secured at its edge to one of the bagplies, in this case, in a fold in the ply 1". The other ply of the bag is continued in the form of a flap 3 adapted to be folded over the sweller and ply 1 as indicated in Fig. 2 to close the bag-mouth and permit the insertion of the closing tubes 4.

The means by which the bag is suspended comprises a wire hanger 5 pivotally connected to a metal plate 6 on ply 1 of the bag at its mouth, said plate in the particular bag shown being united through said bag-ply to another plate 7 on the inside of the bag, the uniting means consisting of the shank or shanks of a hook or hooks 8 Cpassed through openings in the plates an bag-ply and c enching said parts together. These hooks 8 serve to suspend articles inside the bag. The hanger 5 preferably projects across the top-edge of the bag in central position as shown. Moreover the closing tubes 4 are also preferably of equal length. These tubes are each slitted lengthwise and where they meet at the center ermit the hanger to pass up between them at against the side of the bag. In other words, neither tube is interposed between the hanger and the bag and consequently no leverage is exerted on the hanger to pry or tear it off the bag, which otherwise would be the case, and will often tear out the hanger, if the bag be at all heavily laden. Moreover being in two arts, the present tubular closure has the advantage over any single tube form in that the bag can be filled, while sus ended from its hanger and then when fille the tubes can readily be inserted one from either end to close the ba This can only be done with much difficulty in the single tube form, since in the latter the tube must pass the hanger which can only be gotten out of the way by raising and otherwise mani ulating the bag which is most awkward an difficult due to the great weight of the inclosed articles. This advantage of the two-tube form becomes even more im ortant when one considers that bags of this class must be handled almost exclusively by women, whose strength is of course limited.

As shown in the drawing, the tubes at their outer ends 9 may have their sharp corners taken off at the slit to prevent tearing the bag in the removal of the tubes. Similarly the tubes at their inner or abutting ends may have their sharp corners taken off at 10 for the same purpose; and also to permit the ends of the tubes to inclose the hanger 2 at the sides. For the latter purpose, each tube at its inner end is also notched into at its top, for example as shown at 12. Among 0t er respects, the notched-out portions 10 and 12 in the inner ends of the tube serve to hold the hanger 5 in upright suspending po sition so that the tubes once on the bag, the latter can be lifted bodily and its hanger inserted OTGI a hook Without the necessity of touching the hanger.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

In combination a bag; a hanger pivoted to a ply of the bag to lie against said ply and extend beyond the mouth edge of the bag when said hanger is in bag-suspending position; and removable split tubes adapted to close the mouth of the bag, insertible end- 29 Wise on the bag from opposite sides of the mouth toward the hanger located between them, at least one of said tubes being notched out at its end next the hanger to receive said hanger and support it in its bag-Sus 25 THQMAS MANAHAN.

Witnesses:

E. W. SGHERR, 51, T. W. SPRINGMEYER. 

